Events from the year 1906 in

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

Incumbents

Monarch A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College DictionarMonarch Houghton Mifflin. Boston. 2001. p. 707. Life tenure, for life or until abdication, and therefore the head of state of a monarchy. A monarch may exercise the highest authority ...

–

Oscar II Oscar II (Oscar Fredrik; 21 January 1829 – 8 December 1907) was King of Sweden from 1872 until his death in 1907 and King of Norway from 1872 to 1905. Oscar was the son of King Oscar I and Queen Josephine. He inherited the Swedish and Norweg ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

– Karl Staaff (until May 29),

Arvid Lindman Salomon Arvid Achates Lindman (19 September 1862 – 9 December 1936) was a Swedish rear admiral, industrialist and conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of Sweden from 1906 to 1911 and again from 1928 to 1930. He was also th ...

(starting May 29)

Events

Swedish Electricians' Union The Swedish Electricians' Union ( sv, Svenska Elektrikerförbundet, SEF) is a trade union representing electricians in Sweden. The union was founded in Stockholm in 1906, as a split from the Swedish Metalworkers' Union. It initially had only ...

is founded. *

Swedish Commercial Employees' Union The Swedish Commercial Employees' Union ( sv, Handelsanställdas Förbund, Handels), is Sweden's third-largest blue-collar union, with some 145,000 members, of whom around 25,000 are retired. Women make up over 70 percent of its membership. Th ...

is founded. * 1906 spelling reform

Births

* 8 March –

Victor Hasselblad Victor Hasselblad (8 March 1906 – 5 August 1978) was a Swedish inventor and photographer, known for inventing the Hasselblad 6x6 cm medium format (film), medium format camera. Life and work Hasselblad was born in Gothenburg. In 1940 Swedish ...

, inventor

Deaths

* 28 November –

Oskar Andersson Oskar Emil "O.A." Andersson (11 January 1877 – 28 November 1906) was a Swedish cartoonist and one of Sweden's first true comic creators. He greatly influenced Swedish cartooning culture. Biography Early life Andersson began working in his ...

, cartoonist (born 1877) *

Hilda Elfving Hilda Vilhelmina Elfving (8 September 1827 – 8 January 1906) was a Swedish educator. Elfving was born and died in Stockholm. She was the daughter of Johan Isak Elfving, lector at Stockholms gymnasium. She was the royal governess of Princess ...

, educator * Wilhelmina Josephson, pianist

References

Years of the 20th century in Sweden

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